Power-whip for hay-presses.



H. BROWN.

POWER WHIP FOR HAY PRESSES.

APPLICATION r1131) JULY 11, 1911.

1,029,586, Patented June 18, 1912.

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H. BROWN. POWER WHIP FOR HAY PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1911.

1,029,586, Patented June 18,1912.

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HARRY BROWN, 0]? ELVASTON, ILLINOIS.

POWER-WHIP FOR HAY-PRESSES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elvaston, in the county of Hancock, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Power-Whips for Hay-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to whipping devices and more especially to apower whip for hay presses or the like.

A specific object of the invention is to provide an improved whippingdevice of novel construction which can be simply and readily actuated toobviate the use of a driver for the horses independent of the attendantto the machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a novel and simpleform of whipping device which is especially adapted to be applied orsupported upon the draft tongue of a baling press of the wheeled type orsimilar vehicles so that the whip may be positioned or turned to operatewhen the animals are moving in different directions. I

With above and other objects in view the invention consists of certainother combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and claimed, it being a still further object to providea device which will not be likely to get out of working order.

In the drawings :Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a haypress of the wheeled type with my improved power whip mounted upon thedraft tongue and connected for operation by the attendant to themachine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the draft tongue with theinvention applied thereto and extending in a direction toward theanimals to illustrate the manner of pivoting the whipping device. Fig. 3is an enlarged side elevation of the invention. Fig. 4C is a centrallongitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 5 is a plan view of thewhipping device with the rock lever for holding the whip removed. Fig. 6is a fragmentary end view thereof looking toward the rear end of thewhipping devlce.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 637,956.

Referring to the drawings in detail, there is shown my improved powerwhip or whipping device as applied to a hay press 10, the latter ofwhich is provided with the usual -feed hopper 11 over which theattendant stands in feeding the hay for the baling operation, said pressbeing supported upon the ground wheels 12 the forward wheels only beingshown. A draft tongue 13 is connected to the front truck of the vehicleand is provided with the usual draft attaching means or double-tree 14:which is preferably capable of being extended to either side of thetongue for use in advancing the machine in either direction and adaptedfor cooperation with my improved whipping device now to be described.

A bolt member 15 is secured through the tongue 13 at a proper point andat its upper end carries a circular plate 16 having radial notches 17coacting with similar notches 18 upon a plate 19 which is also mountedupon said bolt 15 so that a base member 20 for supporting the whippingdevice or mechanism thereof may be extended to operate upon either sideof the tongue 13 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.The base member 20 comprises a rectangular member upon opposite sides ofwhich vertically extended and spaced parallel uprights 21 are secured attheir lower ends and adapted to pivotally support a rock lever 22 attheir upper ends and between the same upon a connecting bolt 23 forminga pivot therefor and said rock lever is preferably tapered toward itsends and has its rearwardly extended arm of greater length than theforwardly extended arm so as to assist Y in its movement downward to aninitial operating position. As before mentioned, the plate 16 which ismounted upon the bolt 15 is also adapted to be secured to the tongueagainst rotation while the plate 19 is sccured as shown to the underfaceof the base 20 against rotation, the uprights being se cured t0 the baseas shown at 24. The base member 20 is further provided with a centrallongitudinal groove 25 extending from a point slightly spaced from itsforward end to and communicating with its rear end and enlarged sideslots 26 formed in said rear end for the mounting of a pair of pulleys27 for rotation in a horizontal plane upon by the attendant to the haypress without to permit the cable to be extended at its the verticalshafts 28. These pulleys are protected by cover plates 29 secured to theupper portion of the base and which are spaced apart centrally to permitthe application of a flexible cable or connection 30 between the pulleys27, said cable extending through the groove and around a pulley 31rotatably supported partially within the groove 25 adjacent its forwardend and having its free end attached to a ring 32 secured to theextremity of the shorter arm of the rock lever 22. The oppositeextremityof the lever or the extremity of its longer arm carries aweighted block 33 for normally returning the lever with the whip 34engaged in the whip socket 35, in a raised position, this action beingassistedby an elasticmember or coiled spring 36 which is secured to thelonger arm of the lever by a ring 37 adjacent to the block 33 and hasits opposite extremity attached to an anchoring block 38 secured to theupper face of the base and spanning the slot 25 as shown. The latterconnection is accomplished by meansof a ring 39 similar to the rings 32and 37 heretofore described and it will be seen that when the whip 34 isengaged in the socket 35, the latter of which is preferably of thelocking type, the spring will exert downward pull upon the longer arm ofthe lever in connection with the weight 33 to extend the cable 30 andfreely move the same between the pulleys 27 and around the pulley 31.The use of the pulleys 27 is free extremity to either side of the basein the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings so that the same may alsobe connected to an upright 40 and through a pulley 41 carried by anupright 42 so as to dispose the same for convenient operation of theattendant to the press and who can operate the same by simply exerting apull upon the cable 30 to raise the seated end of the lever and to throwthe whip downwardly for whipping or lashing the draft animals.

In order to assist in the operation of the whip so as to snap the samefor better effect upon the animals, I provide an arm 43 which is securedto one of the uprights 21 at its lower end and extends upwardly in aninclined direction toward the longer arm of the lever and is providedwith a downwardly extending curved hook 44 at its upper extremity so asto engage the longer arm of the lever 22 to limit the movement of thearm and bring the same to a sudden stop and further serving to make thewhip strike hard. When this operation is carried on, the block 33 andthe elastic connection 36 will return the whip to a raised position foranother operation and thus the whip will at all times be in position foroperation requiring a driver.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be seen that I have provided a power whip or whippingdevice which while especially adaptable for use upon hay presses or thelike can be positioned upon vehicles in general and will be found veryefficient for the purpose intended. The device is also extremely simplein construction and is thereby rendered durable in use and economical tomanufacture.

I claim p 1. In a power whip, the combination with a draft member anddraft attaching means adapted to be extended to either side thereof; ofa base member rotatably supported on the draft member and adapted to beheld in an adjusted position independent of the draft member, a pivotedlever supported upon the base member, means for normally retaining thelever with its forward end upwardly, a whip carried by the forward end,means for moving said lever to an opposite position for actuating thewhip and means for limiting the return movement of the lever to itsinitial position.

2. In a power whip, the combination with a draft member; of a basemember swivelly mounted thereon, a whipping mechanism supported on saidbase member and means for actuating the whipping member, said base beingcapable of being held'in an adjusted position.

3. In a power whip, the combination with a draft member; of a basemember swivelly mounted thereon, a whipping mechanism supported on saidbase member and means for actuating the whipping member, said base beingcapable of being held in an adjusted position, said whipping devicebeing disposed in a normally raised position and adapted to be loweredwhen operated.

4. In a power whip, a base, vertical uprights carried by the base andspaced apart, a rocking lever pivoted between the upper ends of theuprights toone side of the center thereof to provide a long and shortarm, a weight carried by the long arm, anelastic connection between thelonger arm and base for holding the same downward in connection with theweight, a whip member extending from the opposite extremity and normallyraised and a cable connected to said extremity and extending rearwardlyfor lowering the same.

5. In a power whip, a base, vertical uprights carried by the base andspaced apart, a rocking lever pivoted between the upper ends of theuprights to one side of the center thereof to provide a long and shortarm, a weight carried by the long arm, an elastic connection between thelonger arm and base for holding the same downward in connection with theweight, a whip member extending from the opposite extremity and normallyraised, said base having a longi- In testimony whereof, I affix mysignatudinal groove, pulleys mounted 1n the exture, in presence of twoWitnesses. tremities of said groove, a cable secured to the extremity ofthe shorter arm of the lever HARRY BROWN 5 and adapted to pass aroundsaid pulley and Witnesses:

means to limit the upward movement of the GEO. L. GosLEY longer arm whenthe lever is actuated. FRED BROWN.

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